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2 Kings 24:18

2 Kings 24:18
Zedekiah was twenty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

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Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

2 Kings 24:8-20

This should have been the history of king Jehoiachin's reign, but, alas! it is only the history of king Jehoiachin's captivity, as it is called, Eze 1:2. He came to the crown, not to have the honour…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

2Ki 24:18 to 2Ki 25:7. Zedekiah king of Judah. He rebels against Nebuchadnezzar. Jerusalem taken. Zedekiah put to death (2Ch 36:11-21; Jer 52:1-11)

18. Hamutal See 2Ki 23:31.

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